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Menu Bar

The menubar is at the top of the Konsole window. The menubar can be activated and deactivated by the Alt key.

Settings->Hide Menubar allows the menubar to be hidden. When the menubar is hidden, Show Menubar can be reached by right clicking in the window or by Alt+Ctrl+M, which is the default shortcut for activating the menubar. The menubar can also be toggled by assigning it a shortcut.

Session Menu

Session->New Shell

Open a new session with a terminal shell. Alt+Ctrl+N can also be used, as described in more detail below.

Session->New Window

Open a new Konsole window.

Session->New Linux Console

Open a new session emulating a text-only Linux® system.

Note

See the file README.linux.console in the Konsole source package for detailed information on how the Linux® console differs from a typical Unix-like console. If this doesn't mean anything to you, you almost certainly don't need to worry about it.

Session->New Midnight Commander

Open a new session with the Midnight Commander file browser.

Note

This menu entry will only be visible if Midnight Commander (mc) is installed on your system.

Session->New Root Midnight Commander

Open a new session with the Midnight Commander file browser, as the root user.

After being prompted for the root password, the # prompt appears under the browser window, indicating that the user is working with root privileges. Again, working as root is frequently necessary but care should be taken to avoid accidental damage.

Note

This menu entry will only be visible if Midnight Commander (mc) is installed on your system.

Session->New Root Shell

Open a new session with a terminal shell, as the root user.

After being prompted for the root password, the # prompt appears, indicating that the user is working with root privileges. This is frequently necessary for installing new software and other system maintenance, but care should be taken to avoid accidental damage.

Session->New Screen Session

Open a new session with the Screen virtual terminal manager. See man screen for more information.

Note

This menu entry will only be visible if Screen (screen) is installed on your system.

Session->New Shell at Bookmark

Start a new terminal shell, in a folder chosen from the bookmark list.

Session->Print Screen...

Print the current screen.

Session->Close Session

Close the current session.

Session->Quit

Quit Konsole, closing all sessions and any applications launched from them.

You can also open a new session with a key shortcut. By default, Alt+Ctrl+N is used. You can also define your own key shortcuts through the Settings->Configure Shortcuts... menu command.

The list of available sessions will reflect what programs are installed along with any user defined sessions. The session list will be alphabetized for quick viewing.

Finally, note that the session types can be modified, and new types created, by using the configuration dialog, reached from the Settings->Configure Konsole... menu entry.

Edit Menu

Edit->Copy

Copy the selected text to the clipboard.

Edit->Paste (Shift+Insert)

Paste text from the clipboard at the cursor location.

Edit->Send Signal

Send Signal - Send the specified signal to the shell process, or other process, that was launched when the new session was started.

Currently available signals are:

STOPto stop process
CONTcontinue if stopped
HUPhangup detected on controlling terminal, or death of controlling process
INTinterrupt from keyboard
TERMtermination signal
KILLkill signal
USR1user signal 1
USR2user signal 2

Refer to your system manual pages for further details by giving the command man 7 signal.

Edit->ZModem Upload... (Alt+Ctrl+U)

Send a file via ZModem.

Edit->Clear Terminal

Clear all text from the session window.

Edit->Reset & Clear Terminal

Reset and clear the session window.

Edit->Find in History...

Find a word or string of text in the current history. Options allow case sensitive or backwards searches, and the use of regular expressions in searches. Press the Edit button to use the TDE graphical editor to create a regular expression.

Edit->Find Next

Move to the next instance of the text for which you are searching.

Edit->Find Previous

Move to the previous instance of the text for which you are searching.

Edit->Save History As...

Save the current history as a text file.

Edit->Clear History

Clear the history for the current session.

Edit->Clear All Histories

Clear the history for all sessions.

View Menu

View->Detach Session

Open the current session in a separate window. The name of the session is displayed on the titlebar of the new window.

View->Rename Session... (Alt+Ctrl+S)

Open a dialog box allowing you to change the name of the current session. The name is displayed on the session tab. Alt+Ctrl+S can also be used.

View->Monitor for Activity

Flag the current session so it will show an alert if activity occurs. An icon of a lit light bulb will appear in the session's tab. Use this to alert you if something happens while you are working in another session. The time before an alert can be modified in the Konsole preferences.

View->Monitor for Silence

Flag the current session so it will show an alert if no activity occurs for 10 seconds. An icon of a dark light bulb will appear in the session's tab. Use this to alert you if a task stops while you are working in another session. The time before an alert can be modified in the Konsole preferences.

View->Send Input to All Sessions

Flag the current session so any commands entered into it will be sent to all sessions. The session will have a small icon in its tab to remind you to be careful of what you enter! rm -rf *, for instance, is probably not a good idea.

View->Move Session Left (Ctrl+Shift+Left)

Move the tab of the current session one tab to the left.

View->Move Session Right (Ctrl+Shift+Right)

Move the tab of the current session one tab to the right.

Shift+Left and Shift+Right can be also be used to move between sessions.

View->Session icons...

At the bottom of the menu is a list of the available sessions. Selecting one makes that session active.

You can also use the Shift+Left/Shift+Right keys to cycle through the available sessions.

Bookmarks Menu

Bookmarks->Add Bookmark

Add the current location to the bookmark list.

Bookmarks->Edit Bookmarks

Edit the bookmark list.

Bookmarks->New Bookmark Folder...

Add a new folder to the bookmark list.

The bookmark list is displayed at the bottom of the menu. Select a bookmark to change to that location.

Note

You can use the bookmark editor to manually add URLs like ssh://user@host or telnet://host to open remote connections.

Settings Menu

Settings->Hide Menubar

Hide the menubar.

Settings->Tab Bar

Control visibility/location of tabbar: Hide, Top, or Bottom.

Settings->Scrollbar

Control visibility/location of scrollbar: Hide, Left, or Right.

Settings->Full Screen Mode (Ctrl+Shift+F)

Toggle window between full-screen and normal size.

Settings->Bell

Set the bell: System Bell, System Notification, Visible Bell, or None.

Settings->Font

Set font size: Enlarge Font or Shrink Font.

Use the Select... option to pick any combination of font, size and style.

Settings->Encoding

Select character encoding.

Settings->Keyboard

Choose desired keymapping.

The list of these keymappings is taken from $TDEDIR/share/apps/konsole/*.keytab. The file $TDEDIR/share/apps/konsole/README.KeyTab describes the *.keytab format in more detail. Add to or modify these files to match your needs. The default keytab is taken from $TDEDIR/share/apps/konsole/README.default.Keytab.

Settings->Schema

Set colors of text and background.

The list is taken from $TDEDIR/share/apps/konsole/*.schema. The file $TDEDIR/share/apps/konsole/README.Schema describes the *.schema format in more detail. Add to or modify these files to match your needs. You can also create custom schemas through the preferences dialog at Settings->Configure Konsole....

Settings->Size

Set size of text area (given in columns x rows).

Settings->History...

Open a dialog where you can configure the history. The Enable check box toggles saving of lines that have scrolled off the top of the window. You can enter the Number of lines to remember in the text field, or use the spinner buttons to increase or decrease the number in steps of 100 lines. The Defaults button will reset the history to 1000 lines. Selecting Set Unlimited will cause all history to be saved. Press OK to save your changes, or Cancel to close the dialog without saving your settings.

Settings->Save as Default

Save the current settings as the new default.

Settings->Save Sessions Profile...

Save the current set of sessions under a name you choose. The profile can then be used by starting Konsole from the command-line with the --profile and the name of the profile.

Settings->Configure Notifications...

Customize notifications for Konsole.

Settings->Configure Shortcuts...

Customize keyboard shortcuts for Konsole commands.

Settings->Configure Konsole...

Open the TDE Control Center module, allowing many additional changes to Konsole's interface and behavior, including the creation of custom schemas and modification of the available sessions.

Help Menu

Help->Konsole Handbook

Open the table of contents of this document.

Help->Tip of the Day

Display a helpful tip about the use of Konsole. Check the Show on start box to display a tip each time Konsole is started.

Help->Report Bug/Request Enhancement...

Submit a bug report or a feature request for Konsole.

Help->About Konsole

Information about Konsole's author

Help->About KDE

Information about the TDE project

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